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Chris Van Hollen: “Certainly. If the President of the United States is signaling to Ghislaine Maxwell and her attorneys that he would…”

On the recordAugust 2, 2025
Certainly. If the President of the United States is signaling to Ghislaine Maxwell and her attorneys that he would provide a pardon without any possible reason to do so other than for her to give testimony--in this case, it would be false testimony because we know about the close association between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein--that would clearly be witness tampering.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing potential witness tampering related to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell.

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